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Stop Blaming The Victim, Prudie!

Stop Blaming The Victim, Prudie!

February 2, 2012 No Comments

If a woman is completely drunk then she is incapable of giving consent to sex, right? Well not according to Emily Yoffe aka Dear Prudence. In her web chats this week she completely dismissed a scenario where a woman stated she had been date raped on the basis that she had gotten very drunk in ...

Combatting Sexual Assault In Vancouver

Combatting Sexual Assault In Vancouver

January 23, 2012 No Comments

Last summer, the Vancouver Police Department started a campaign to try to cut the city’s growing rate of sexual assaults. Three posters with pictures of intoxicated young women were put up in bars and nightclubs around Vancouver with the slogan “Don’t Be That Guy.” The good news is that Deputy Chief Doug LePard announced that ...

Wine Makes You Silly, Say Scientists

Wine Makes You Silly, Say Scientists

December 15, 2011 No Comments

You’ll be amazed to learn that people do silly things when drunk. Like having sex sans condom. But don’t take my word and everyone else’s for it. Researchers at Canada’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health found that study participants who had consumed alcohol were more likely to say they’d have condomless sex than sober ...

Quickie Sex Tip

Quickie Sex Tip

October 14, 2011 No Comments

Too many people only have sex when they are drunk after a night out on the town or a dinner date with their partner. Did you know that alcohol can both dull the experience mentally and make your body function poorly (i.e. soft erections and lack of lubrication)? Want good sex? Do it sober.

Do You Need To Be Drunk To Have Sex?

Do You Need To Be Drunk To Have Sex?

August 29, 2011 3 Comments

Almost 50 percent of women prefer to have sex drunk. Any way you look at it, that number is pretty darn high. A study of three thousand women aged 18-50 revealed drinking before sex lessened the anxieties they had about their bodies, and made them more confident and adventurous. On average, the women surveyed had ...

Pregnancy, Alcohol, Poverty: British Culture Needs A Serious Makeover

Pregnancy, Alcohol, Poverty: British Culture Needs A Serious Makeover

February 22, 2010 No Comments

The UK has the highest teenage pregnancy rate in Western Europe and the government is constantly putting money into sex education programs, birth control, and the like to help reduce this. But I have a more radical (realistic?) idea on how to curb teenage pregnancy: the culture of alcohol and drinking in the UK is the ...

I’m Feeling Horny — Pour Me A Shot

I’m Feeling Horny — Pour Me A Shot

September 27, 2009 1 Comment

Mick // Almost half of British women prefer drunken sex and one in 20 have never had sex sober, according to a new survey. More worrying is that three out of four women like a couple of glasses of wine before sleeping with their boyfriend or husband, and 14 percent need it. Why does it ...

Quickie Sex Tip

Want a cheap, fun date? Stay home with a cheesy romance movie, popcorn, and a bottle of wine. You...

When Getting The Bill Doesn’t Add Up

On dates I still love a little bit of chivalry — but it goes too far when the restaurant...

Oh Harry! Getting A Piece Of The Royal Pie

There has been an upswing in royal fever on both sides of the Atlantic since last April. When Kate...

Tired Of Faking It

Dear Madame X, I know you say that it’s not good to fake your orgasms, but what if you...

Getting Committed

It is one of the oldest institutions in the world. Most humans are actively engaged in it as I...

Quote Of The Week

Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort...

Lazy Sunday Awful Proposal Post

  Usually getting fired is a bad thing. But, somehow, this woman is happy about it. Can you imagine...

All About Men’s Underpants

My attention was drawn this week to an article on the resurgence of the market for men’s underwear. It...

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